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A great eater, who cheats at hotels, eating shops, oyster-cellars, &c., from a person of that name who lived many years ago, and who was an enormous oyster-eater. According to the stories related of him, Dando would visit an oyster-room, devour an almost fabulous quantity of bivalves, with porter and bread and butter to match, and then calmly state that he had no money.
That's the dandy; i.e. the ton, the clever thing; an expression of similar import to "That's the barber." See BARBER.
A small glass of whisky.—Irish. "Dimidium cyathi vero apud Metropolitanos Hibernicos dicitur DANDY."—Father Tom and the Pope, in Blackwood’s Magazine for May 1838.
A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag.
An insignificant or trifling fellow.
A funny little fellow, a mannikin; originally a half-farthing of the time of Henry VII.
One who follows women in general, without any particular attachment
testicles
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
His sister lived with him, and was a similar character, but died before him, and he left his wealth to the widow of Sir Henry Tempest, who nursed him in his last illness.
He lost his nose in a duel, so adopted a golden one, .which he attached to his face by a cement which he carried about with him.
Thanks.
Human ordure; DANNA DRAG, a nightman’s or dustman’s cart; hence DUNNA-KEN, which see.
A smart, well-made, little man.
handcuffs
Handcuffs.—Old Cant.—See JOHNNY DARBIES. Sir Walter Scott mentions these, in the sense of fetters, in his Peveril of the Peak—
The devil. French, DIABLE.
The type of loving, old- fashioned, virtuous couples. The names belong to a ballad written by Henry Woodfall, and the characters are said to be John Darby, of Bartholomew Close, who died 1730, and his wife, "As chaste as a picture cut in alabaster. You might sooner move a Scythian rock than shoot fire into her bosom." Woodfall served his apprenticeship to John Darby; but another account localizes the couple in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
"keep it DARK," i.e., secret. A DARK horse is, in racing phraseology, a horse of whom nothing positive is known, but who is generally supposed to have claims to the consideration of all interested, whether bookmakers or backers.
Kentucky. So called by the Indians because of the fierce wars waged in the forests, and later so known by the whites for the same reason in their struggle against the red man.
A problem or worry that spoils an otherwise pleasant situation
A married man that keeps a mistress, whom he visits only at night, for fear of discovery.
A surprise winner or competitor
A dark lanthorn used by housebreakers. Stow the darkee, and bolt, the cove of the crib is fly; hide the dark lanthorn, and run away, the master of the house knows that we are here.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
to visit someone's home, often uninvited or unwelcome
One that slides into a house in the dark of the evening, and hides himself, in order to let some of the gang in at night to rob it.
Twilight; also a negro. DARKMANS, the night.
Africa.
Darlington
Vulgar corruption of DAMN.—American.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A straight-armed blow in boxing.
To move quickly and nervously in different directions
Charles Darwin (1809-82) published in 1859 Origin of Species, to prove that the numerous species now existing on the earth sprang originally from one or at most a few primal forms; and that the present diversity is due to special development and natural selection. In recent times the Darwinian theory has undergone very con- siderable modification but it is still the basis of scientific research. See EVOLUTION.
A tavern drawer. To cut a dash: to make a figure.
To jot down suddenly. "Things I have DASHED off at a moment’s notice."
Here, "buttons" means- lot or destiny, and "dash" is a euphemistic form of a stronger word.
Create or write something quickly
To disappoint or destroy someone's plans or expectations
An inevitable or predetermined event or encounter
In low language, an artist. Also a badly painted picture.
A woman, especially one who is perceived as cunning or deceitful
A situation where a smaller opponent faces a much larger or more powerful one
A type of inseparable friends. Similar examples of friendship were Pylades and Orestes (#.v.); Damon and Pythias G?.v.);etc.
The devil, the spirit of the sea: called Necken in the north countries, such as Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.
"as drunk as DAVID’S sow," i.e., beastly drunk. See origin of the phrase in Grose’s Dictionary.
A silver trophy for an inter- national Lawn Tennis team championship, presented by the American politician, Dwight
I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit.
"on my DAVY," on my affidavit, of which it is a vulgar corruption. Latterly DAVY has become synonymous in street language with the name of the Deity; "so help me DAVY," generally rendered, "swelp my DAVY." Slang version of the conclusion of the oath usually exacted of witnesses.
A sailor's name for the supposed evil spirit of the sea. He's gone to Davy Jones's locker.
the bottom of the sea, especially as a grave for sailors
A miners safety-lamp invented by Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) and brought into use in the mines in 1816.
Or DAVY JONES’S LOCKER, the sea, the common receptacle for all things thrown overboard;—a nautical phrase for death, is "gone to DAVY JONES’S LOCKER," which there means the other world.—See DUFFY.
To loiter, or fritter away time.
The post.—Anglo-Indian.
A new beginning or fresh start
The beginning of time or the earliest period in history
To become suddenly aware or realize something
Happening or done every day